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Loaded Gun
03:22
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There’s just too much to live for
Two kids, a house with a brand new Porsche
Someday (some say) that good things must come to those who wait
But for now it’s the old occupation
Full-time with just two weeks vacation
Boring morning shows and smoke breaks you take to contemplate
Is that what you want to be known for, the man who tried to take his life?
We’ve all felt desperation but it’s a loaded gun that you’re sticking up to your head
Cheer up and don’t sweat the small things
Fill up that cup to the coffee ring
Caffeine flowing through your blood stream contests the stress keeping you depressed
Day dream of a nicer apartment…
…Kathleen from the payroll department..
See? Things always seem to have a bright side;
if you acquiesce with excess who’s left to clean up the mess?
Is that what you want to be known for, the man who tried to take his life?
We’ve all felt desperation but it’s a loaded gun that you’re sticking up to your head
Once more, there’s too much to live for
Amassed debt and some school loans you can’t afford
Lord knows you’ve been a good shot
To no avail you’d fail and most likely get caught
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The Town Meeting
03:28
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Time stands
A thousand hands won’t sign release
Forced words from protesters
Wait to be believed
Oh, and a head turns, a motion winding down
To the sound of the hand claps, the hands clapping
Three cheers for volunteers
Bursting at the seems
Ticktock, a choking block waits to be redeemed
Oh, and a head turns, a motion winding down
To the sound of the hand claps, the hands clapping
But life’s just one big party and I brought the dip
Just a joke you see, she’s with me and I love her for it
But all this kidding aside can we just come to some kind of agreement on something?
On who to kill?
Oh, and a head turns, a motion winding down
To the sound of the hand claps, the hands clapping
Time stands, the clasping hands won’t find relief
The prisoner and all incurred wait to be received
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Fascist
03:05
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Under the setting sun the work is through but never done
When flesh, when bone’s not haste, the war machine will pave the way
The demonstrators swarm
The pickets fence with wooden swords
But words are meaningless when mouths are broken
This justice, this greatness, is exercised by force just so you’ll know
The difference between them is conceived in trusts by men you’ll never know
It’s all it takes to not fall down
Confusion abounds and then the ground, it breaks, and crumbles down
Under white light
We wave our arms in vain at poverty
Then turn around and toast to sovereignty
This justice, this greatness, is exercised by force just so you’ll know
The difference between them is conceived in trusts by men you’ll never know
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Curse of Conscience
03:12
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Sort it out then abort the doubt
You must live without this part you play
Or resign to Auld Lang Syne
This freedom consigned to democracy
Close your eyes
Sever forever this conscientious sight
Once you’re blind you will find the lies behind that tendentious right
Take your choice back from your shoulder voice
Then you can rejoice for your sovereignty
Or back down to the much older crown
That stock common ground called morality
Close your eyes
Sever forever this conscientious sight
Once you’re blind you will find the lies behind that tendentious right
Stand on the mainland of the blind and you’ll find
You’ll do just what you must to leave justice behind
Close your eyes
Sever forever this conscientious sight
Once you’re blind you will find the lies behind that tendentious right
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The Perfect Crime
02:44
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Do you think you’d maintain the highest price for octane
If by chance your terrain should be wiped out by a warplane?
Dark trends descend, we’re at it again
We’re gonna have to raise some eyebrows right now
We’re gonna show you how we do it best back in the West
There’s never been a better time for the perfect crime
Justice waits in the rain for the scales to tip again
Holds her breath and won’t complain if her restraints should cause her pain
Dark trends descend, we’re at it again
We’re gonna have to raise some eyebrows right now
We’re gonna show you how we do it best back in the West
There’s never been a better time for the perfect crime
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